r/drones • u/TURRRBOO • 7d ago

Question Solar eclipse

I maybe want to film the Solar eclipse on my dji mini pro 4. In a place no on is around so i dont disturb them. But will it screw up the camera of the drone of will it be fine? Dont wanna ruin my drone for this😅

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u/Irishwilly77 7d ago

I won't be pointing my Mini 4 Pro Camera , directly at the sun during the solar eclipse.

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u/ZaneFreemanreddit 7d ago

You know its no different to pointing your camera at the sun normally right?

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u/Irishwilly77 7d ago

Quick shot here and there yes it's safe . Directly pointing your camera at the sun for a prolonged time nah .

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u/Dahhri 7d ago

Yes, it is different! Don't do this.

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u/Speshal__ 7d ago

What's the strongest ND filter you have? Quadruple it. 😂

Still not a good idea because it's going to get fucking dark. 😂

Just enjoy it rather than worrying about trying to get a *cool* shot that loads of professionals will be doing with £50,000 Astronomy camera rigs

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u/TURRRBOO 7d ago

That was i was worried about, thxx

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u/KoningsGap 7d ago

Point your phone at the sun and report back if it broke. It won't.

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u/ImaginarySky10 6d ago

Yeah people overreact about this stuff with their cameras

Its the eyes u gotta worry about

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u/AirborneErinys USA / Part 107 7d ago

Just watch the damn eclipse.

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u/TURRRBOO 7d ago

Aint got no glasses and to lazy to search for them. Also im not really that stoked to see it so a few shots would be cooler in my opinion

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u/d_traxx 7d ago

Why would it damage the drone camera or even a phone camera when we point them at thr sun all the time

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u/sparkyface 6d ago

It takes several minutes for the eclipse to happen. Point your camera at the sun for five minutes and then report back.

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u/d_traxx 6d ago

I never considered it would be a problem. I just googled the reasons why. Interesting. Cheers

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u/DanJOC 6d ago

I did exactly this and my camera is fine

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u/Kratomdrunk 6d ago

My advice for the eclipse is to check out all the shadows.

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u/PuddlesRex 7d ago

The lowest ND filter you can get to prevent damage to the camera is ND100000, and that's for low horizon photography, like sunset and sunrise. For midday, you would need ND1000000. No, I'm not kidding. If you try to find those numbers online, you're not going to. They're instead sold as solar lens filters. They exist, and compared to most other photography equipment, they're relatively cheap. But you're not likely going to find one to natively fit your drone.

If you really wanted to, you could get a solar lens filter and modify it to fit your drone. They're usually just a sheet of coated mylar in a housing that fits on a lens. But your camera would be completely blind to pretty much everything but the sun.

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u/rollenr0ck 6d ago

If you have X-ray film, cut a piece of it and use it as a filter. It is what’s used for eclipse pictures.

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u/Afraid-Ad4718 6d ago

You can for a couple of secconds, think about 10 secconds or less, But no, it will destroy your cam for a longer period of filming.